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Sonia Gandhi
Together we can face any challenges as deep as the ocean and as high as the sky. Sonia Gandhi...
The Devil’s Whore
The Devil’s Whore was a mini series originally run on BBC, and while I am having a hard time finding on US format DVD, I did happen to find most of the episodes on youtube. While Angelica Fanshawe wasn’t a real person in history, her st...
Queen Elizabeth I
“It is the Lord’s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes.” Queen Elizabeth I Queen of England and Ireland September 7th, 1533 – March 24th, 1603...
Lady Jane Rochford
So I am still reading my way through Royal Affairs by Leslie Carroll and have decided to blog my way through it as well, well at least the parts I find most interesting that is. While finishing the section on the infamous Henry VIII, I came acros...
Royale Affairs and Queen Claude of France
While reading Royal Affairs by Leslie Carrol, which I LOVE so far by the way, I have found a small error regarding Queen Claude. Leslie Carrol writes: “Mary Boleyn remained at the French court, where she became a lady in waiting to the new q...
Katherine Swynford’s Decendents
While reading a new book I picked up, Royal Affairs by Leslie Carroll, I came across a woman by the name of Katherine Swynford. Katherine was famously known as John of Gaunt’s Mistress, whom he eventually married after the death of his se...


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Posted: September 21st, 2009 | More Reviews From Melisende | Report This Comment